Clinical News: Page 1206

Warfarin safely continued during coronary angiography

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Sep 9 - The results of a new study suggest that patients receiving long-term warfarin therapy do not need to stop the drug prior to coronary angiography.

September 8, 2008

Agfa denies rumors of healthcare business group sale

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Agfa HealthCare's board of directors has issued a statement denying rumors that the company plans to sell its healthcare business group.

September 8, 2008

Nucletron debuts gynecology brachytherapy

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiation oncology firm Nucletron has launched a gynecologic brachytherapy technology partnership with AKH Vienna.

September 8, 2008

Wider 3D viewing angle may aid polyp detection

By Eric Barnes

Virtual colonoscopy readers saw a greater percentage of the colonic mucosa by increasing the field-of-view on their 3D software to match that of a standard colonoscope. However, the wider viewing angle may have also reduced polyp conspicuity and increased distortion, with unknown effects on detection sensitivity.

September 8, 2008

Dutch reactor down two more months

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group in the Netherlands predicts it will be late October or November before it can resume production at the High Flux Reactor in Petten.

September 7, 2008

NetMeeting software aids oncologist/radiologist collaboration

By Cynthia E. Keen

U.K. researchers have found that off-the-shelf Internet conferencing software can help improve collaboration between radiologists and radiation oncologists in ways that sophisticated PACS software can't.

September 7, 2008

Medima upgrades PacsPrinter

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Healthcare IT developer Medima Solutions of Leiden, the Netherlands, has released a new version of its PacsPrinter.

September 4, 2008

Screening rules may miss cancer in people with IBD

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Sep 5 - The diagnosis of colorectal cancer will be delayed or missed in a substantial number of people who suffer from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) if surveillance colonoscopy is conducted strictly according to official guidelines, investigators from the Netherlands warn.

September 4, 2008

ContextVision nets three OEM contracts

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Swedish image enhancement developer ContextVision has inked agreements with three undisclosed x-ray OEMs for its GOPView XR2-ADi package.

September 3, 2008

Bayer Schering, Epix to end Vasovist partnership

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Contrast agent firms Bayer Schering Pharma and Epix Pharmaceuticals have agreed to end their marketing partnership for the Vasovist blood-pool MR angiography agent that Epix developed.

September 3, 2008

MRI points to ankylosing spondylitis anti-TNF response

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Sep 4 - In patients with ankylosing spondylitis, widespread inflammation of the spine detected by MRI is predictive of a major response to anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) therapy with infliximab or etanercept, German researchers report.

September 3, 2008

European group meets over isotope supply

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The Association of Imaging Producers & Equipment Suppliers (AIPES) held a meeting in Brussels, Belgium, on September 3 to discuss the shortage of molybdenum-99 in Europe.

September 3, 2008

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